Device for fitting hats



(No Model.)

B. P. MCDONALD. DEVIUE FOR FITTING HATS.

No. 424,336. Patented Mar. 25, 1890..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDIVARD P. MCDONALD, OF PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

DEVICE FOR FITTING HATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,336, dated March 25, 1890.

Application filed December 19, 1889. Serial No. 334,287. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD P. MCDONALD, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsfield, in the county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Fitting Hats; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of referencemarked there on, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in attach ments for hats, the object thereof being to provide a means whereby the inner diameter of the hat may be decreased; and it consists of two curved wires of different diameters secured to each other and adapted to be applied between the sweatband of the hat and the body thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a sectional view of a hat, showing my invention applied thereto; and Fig. 2 is a perspective View of my improved device for hats.

A refers to the body of the hat, and B the sweat-band, which is secured to the body in the usual manner.

Between the body of the hat adj acentto the rim thereof and beneath the sweat-band my improvement is adapted to be applied, and said improvement consists of two wires 0 and D of different diameters, which are bent to conform to the internal configuration of the hat, the ends thereof being secured to each other by loops E, which may consist of sheet metal bent in circular form and provided with extended ends within which the wires 0 and D lie, so as to be held either by welding or larged, and then the device is especially serv- V iceable, and may be applied to a hat, the smaller wireD being placed adjacent to the rim of the hat beneath the sweat-band, thus making the hat slightly smaller. If the hat is stretched excessively the larger wire may be placed downwardly, thus making the hat still smaller.

This device when applied to felt hats or those of soft material will hold them in shape, and it can be applied to new hats as well as old ones. i

I claim 1. A device for hats, consisting of a metallic band made up of two wires of different diameters, the ends of which are secured to each other, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with the curved wires 0 and D of different diameters arranged one above the other, the ends thereof being connected to each other, of loops for securing the intermediate parts, the same being designed to be placed beneath the sweat-band of a hat.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ED WARD P. MCDONALD.

\Vitnesses:

THOMAS N. ENRIGHT, J. M. STEVENSON. 

